poster child

Example Sentences

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“San Francisco was the poster child for the doom loop and has pivoted to downtown recovery,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

The company has become something of a poster child for a fast-paced workplace culture known as 996, also sometimes referred to as hustle culture or grindcore.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026

“Poland should be the poster child of the European convergence machine,” he added, referring to the EU’s push to help developing economies catch up to their higher-income peers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Blue Owl has become the poster child for the market’s concerns about private credit, but Oppenheimer sees no major problems in the business.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

At the same time, Reggie wasn’t just a member of the Church, he was a poster child for many of its best-regarded attributes: clean-cut, churchgoing, family-focused, committed to going on a mission.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel